There are a lot of legends about jeans in American culture, where, in fact, this word came from. Jinxes are things that bring unhappiness to everyone who owns or uses them. They are always connected in some way with a certain person or family, clan. There are many examples of this in history. Here are some of them.
Not far from the city of Durban (the second largest port in South Africa), an old tree still grows, which sent more than three hundred people to the next world. Despite the fact that all residents of the metropolis know that a curse has been imposed on the tree, there are still daredevils who do not believe in it. They come up to a tree, touch its trunk, and then die from various reasons. In just two years of observation, there have been four major fatalities that the inhabitants of Durban associate with the killer tree.
One student boasted to a girlfriend that prejudices were ridiculous to him and that he would climb the "devil's tree". When the next day this guy drove with his girlfriend to a tree, the car suddenly skidded and both crashed.
In the second case, a young man punched a tree trunk with his fist on a bet, and a few hours later he died of a heart attack.
They also talk about a certain teenager who relieved himself at the foot of a tree to show his contempt for "grandma's tales." A week later he was trampled by an enraged elephant.
The fourth case was that a married couple with children were photographed against the background of this tree, and two months later their house burned down for no apparent reason.
The authorities wanted to cut down the magic tree, but no one wanted to take it. It was proposed to surround the tree with a high fence, but there were no daredevils to build it either.
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In the southernmost city of Connecticut (USA) Greenwich has a large, now empty mansion called Danellin Hall. All of its former owners, being previously very wealthy people, went bankrupt, barely settling in this house.
In 1950, the president of the steel concern L. Washburn acquired this luxurious estate. A few years later, he was forced to sell the mansion due to sudden financial difficulties.
In 1968, the house went to a large banker named Jack Dick. Two years later, he was prosecuted for financial fraud and, before the end of the trial, died of a heart attack.
The next owner was the wealthy ship owner Rabbi Tikk, who soon suffered heavy business losses and was forced to sell the building.
The latest in this row was the major real estate owner Harry Helmsi. Two months later, he was convicted and jailed for tax evasion.
The middle of the century before last, one of the largest ships of that time, the Great Eastern, was launched. During the tests, two workers disappear. Then the chief designer of the steamer dies, falling absurdly from the upper deck. After some time of operation, one of the boilers exploded near the steamer, killing five sailors. Another sailor died, hacked to death by a paddle wheel, and the captain, rushing to his aid, drowned. Then, crossing the Atlantic, the ship got lost and circled like the Flying Dutchman for several months until it was found. Not wanting to tempt fate anymore, the owners of the ship let it go for scrap. During dismantling between the bulkheads, skeletons of missing workers were found.
An ordinary antique chair at the Busby Stup in Huddersfield (West Yorkshire, England) was called the death chair. Until the beginning of the 18th century, this was an ordinary chair, which regularly served its owners for almost a hundred years, until a bloody maniac named Tom Busby acquired it. The maniac was caught and tried, but before the execution he said: "Anyone who sits in my favorite chair will follow me to hell." And the Busby curse came true: from 1707 to 2007, the chair destroyed 65 people! His last victim was a young American woman, who declared to everyone that all superstitions are relics of the past. After that, she ordered a sandwich and ate it in the damn chair. As soon as she left the inn, the American woman was torn apart by stray dogs.
Certain gemstones have been known to leave a long bloody trail over the centuries, especially diamonds. One of them is the Hope Diamond.
A certain adventurer named Edmont Chalet, being in an abandoned Indian temple, did not heed the guide's warning and took out a huge diamond that was in the forehead of a stone idol. A few days later he and the guide were torn apart by a flock of feral dogs.
All subsequent owners of the beautiful stone also perished under mysterious circumstances. The stone, like a relay baton, passed from hand to hand, but nowhere did it linger for a long time.
Among its owners can be called Marie Antoinette, who, as everyone knows, was beheaded. After that, the stone did not show its sinister properties until, in 1830, it was in the hands of the English banker Thomas Hopey, who called it by his name. Very soon Hopey went bankrupt and was forced to sell his namesake. Here are some diamond owners:
Jacques Colet - committed suicide.
Prince Ivan Kanitovitsy - was killed.
Turkish Sultan Abdullah Hamid - deposed from the throne.
Simon Mondarides - crashed with his family, falling into the abyss.
American Evelyn McLean - herself and all members of her family tragically died from various reasons.
An ordinary antique mirror, on the frame of which is written the name of its manufacturer - Louis Arpo and the date - 1743. A beautiful thing in a magnificent mahogany frame, adorned with two gilded angels with trumpets, killed 38 people in two and a half centuries.
Here is an example of one such tragic incident. The next owner of the mirror, a large banker Kirakos Gandzaketsi, at the end of September 1769 went to his sister's birthday in a place not far from Paris, but never got there. An empty horse-drawn carriage was discovered a few days later in the forest. In the carriage lay that very mirror with two golden angels, which, apparently, the banker wanted to give to his sister.
Another victim of the fatal mirror was 23-year-old Laura Noel, who received it as a gift, and soon died of a stroke.
There are many examples of such. And who knows what a seemingly necessary and harmless thing is waiting for its victim.